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Disclaimer: DISCLAIMER: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. The Dark-Hunter series belongs to Sherrilyn Kenyon. Also I do not make any money from these writings.

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Shadows of a past

By SFP

DISCLAIMER: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. The Dark-Hunter series belongs to Sherrilyn Kenyon.

A/N: To the wonderful AnimeHuntress, thank you. Your work on my stories is deeply appreciated. I could always say, I couldn�t have done it without you, but that just wouldn�t be true. I could do it without you . . . It just wouldn�t be as good.

Ch.13

~Previously in shadows of a past~

She slowly let out a deep breath, only now noticing, she had been holding it in the first place. �So how old are you?�

�Eleven thousand years, give or take a few years.�

* * *

She tripped, stumbling slightly before righting herself again. Her lips parted in shock. �Wow, that�s old. Really old! I was expecting Inuyasha old. Not older then dirt old!� she shut her gaping mouth when he arched an eyebrow at her silence.

He spoke before she could, �we�re almost there.�

Kagome had not even taken notice of how far they had walked.

�Where are we?� she looked around herself in curiosity.

The area they were in was probably one of the most beautiful she had seen since coming to New Orleans. However, to be honest, she really had not taken much of a chance to explore yet, besides what she had done in the first night of coming here. Working in the bar kept her mostly busy. She preferred it that way.

�The garden district.�

Kagomes eyes traveled the mansions that lined both sides of the road they walked. Large oaks and pines, that had some kind of moss growing on them, dotted the area in abundance. �How pretty.�

At the end of the street was a drive. A heavy twelve foot high, wrought iron gate, supported by two large stone pedestals, blocked the passage. A tall redbrick wall surrounded the grounds. In addition, what Kagome assumed was another mansion, was blocked from view by trees.

Ash pressed some kind of code into a security alarm, Kagome had not noticed before now. The gate rolled open smoothly, once they passed through, it closed behind them just as smoothly as it had opened.

A long winding drive lead up to the white mansion, this mansion was bigger then all the others Kagome had seen up to this point. Tall columns ran all the way around the exterior of the fortress. �Oh my, I wonder what the heating bill on this place costs.�

�Is this your place?� Kagome looked up into Ash�s swirling silver eyes. Gods was it just her, or did everyone feel this way when they looked into his eyes? She felt as if she was being pulled in, spell bound by his shining depths. She did not remember, it ever having felt like this, when she had looked at Inuyasha. And she had loved him.

�No,� he continued walking, saying nothing more.

Kagome looked away, exhaling deeply. It was a good thing she had spent so much time with difficult men. It had given her a very high patience virtue. This was defiantly what she needed now.

The man must have an on and off switch. One moment he was intimidating, the next he was really nice if not a little perverted, and now he was being anti-social with one-word answers that really should have been more then one word. What made it worse was he was one of those people with the ability to make one word sound so� final, no matter what word it was.

She briefly wondered if he had multiple personalities. Then she had the thought, that maybe she was the one with the personality disorder for having followed him in the first place.

Nah�

She had learned a long time ago to fallow her instincts; they hadn�t steered her wrong yet. And her gut was defiantly, without a doubt telling her, if there was anyone in New Orleans to trust, this man would unquestionably be the one.

Ash did not even bother to knock on the door; he just strolled right on in. Kagome on the other hand, was a little more hesitant to do so. For one, she was not sure how things worked here in America, but in Japan, it would be considered rude to just walk into a person�s house without announcing your presence first. For two, she was still a little uncertain about wearing shoes, into said persons home. At the bar, it was ok, that was a public place, but this was not, it was somebody�s residence.

Honestly, she thought wearing shoes into the house was a little gross. I mean come on, just imagine all the icky stuff those shoes had been in. Eewww.

Her third problem with just walking in, was she had no idea what or who was in there. Yes, she might be a little naive at times, but if there were one thing she was not, it would be stupid. Well� at least she was not stupid often.

Ash walked from the foyer into the living room. Kyrian, Amanda and their daughter, Marissa were all in there, playing some kind of game. As soon as Marissa saw him, she jumped up, ran over, almost tripping in her hurry to get to him. �Yay! Uncle Ash!� he bent down to catch her before she barreled into his legs.

�Hey ma komatia, have you been a good girl for your mommy and daddy?� She gave a solemn nod of her head, looking entirely too mature for a four and a half year old. Then her face parted into a large grin, ruining the grown-up look.

Kyrian got up from his spot on the floor, and then bent to help his very pregnant wife up also. �Hey man, how�s it going?�

�Its going,� he shrugged one of his shoulders. �I brought someone I�d like you to meet. This�� It was only after he had turned around, that he noticed Kagome was not there. Kyrian and Amanda both gave him strange looks. His brows shot up and then down. Oh hell no, where was the girl at? She had just been right there with him!

Marissa giggled, �Look mommy, uncle Ash has invisible friends too!�

Ash blinked at the child, �invisible friends indeed.� Amanda and Kyrian both broke out into laughter, not even trying to hold it in.

He placed Marissa back on her own two feet gently, giving her a pat on the head before straitening back up. �If you will excuse me for a moment I will be right back,� with that he walked back into the foyer, where he noticed the front door was still open.

When he exited out said door, he immediately found the woman. She looked to be debating with herself. �Is there a problem?�

Kagome jumped, startled. She placed her hand to her chest, vaguely noticing she still had his sunglasses hanging from her shirt collar. �No . . . it�s just . . . . No, no problem.� Her hand dropped back to her side.

�Good�. Ash took the two steps that had been separating them, bringing them within inches of each other. Kagome craned her neck looking up at him from this close. He was looking down at her, his face unreadable again.

He brought his hand up by her collarbone, fingering the material of her shirt. He slid his fingers, two of them on the inside hem and his thumb on the outside, down to the V that ended right at the beginning of the valley between her breasts, his fingers barely brushing the top curve of her right breast.

Her eyes widened, cheeks flushing with heat. Then he did something that totally threw her off. He plucked his sunglasses from her shirt, put them on, and then took a step back. Was the man trying to tease her?

�Come on then. I have some people I want you to meet.�

Kagome�s eyes narrowed just the slightest bit. Oh, she was so going to pay him back for that little stunt!

Ash got the distinct impression he had just done something incredibly stupid by goading her in such a way.

She smiled largely, showing many strait white teeth, a predatory look about her. �Sure let�s go.�

Ash shook his unease off; at least she was smiling right? . . . More like a baring of her teeth really, but still, what could the Little Bit do to him, that someone else had not already?

Kagome walked in before ash, forgetting her reservations from just moments before about walking in. she paused just inside the door, waiting until he was next to her before she continued. The house was even more beautiful on the inside then it was on the outside. Kagome noticed Ash kept moving his head in her direction, as if he expected her to just up and disappear or something.

She could hear the murmur of people talking in the next room over. It was then that she heard something that sucked the heat still lingering in her cheeks right out.

�Daddy were did uncle Ash go? Did he go to play with his friend?� Then there was some laughter, too adults, one male and one female, from the sound of it.

There was two reasons she paled. The first one being, she was not expecting him to bring her to meet his family! I mean come on, couldn�t he have at least given her some kind of warning before hand. An �oh, yes your going to be meeting my family� would have been nice! Before they arrived would have been extremely nice! For gods� sakes, she was in their house and he still had not told her! Some little girl she had not even met yet just did!

This brought up the second reason for her going cold so fast. Besides her brother, who she had rather avoided until he had confronted her about it, she had not been around another child since . . .

�Just bury it as deep as you can. You can get through this. It�s not the same.� Gods she could only hope she didn�t get sick again.

Ash noticed when she stopped walking this time. He stopped too. There was no way he was going to walk in to that room and have the same thing happen twice! Was she shy? He didn�t think so, not with what had happened between them at the club.

She looked a little pale to him; was she getting sick? Maybe he shouldn�t have brought her. �Are you alright Little Bit?�

�What? Oh, yes. Sorry.�

That was all the prodding it took for her to start walking again. However, her color still did not look right to him. He would just have to keep a closer eye on her. �Just to make sure she�s really alright of course.� The laughter from the next room was starting to die out. Keeping a better eye on her would also insure he was not looked upon like some kind of loon with mental issues again. It might be somewhat� difficult to be scary and badass if no one took you seriously, he thought with a little amusement.

Ash walked back into the living room, Kagome beside him this time.

Kagome�s eyes automatically scanned the room, looking for two of the three different voices she had heard upon entering the foyer.

The first person her eyes landed on was a tall, pregnant, dishwater-blonde, woman. The woman had a kind air about her, putting Kagome a little more at ease. Not much, but even a little, seemed a great deal at the moment.

Amanda smiled, �glad to see your friend reappeared.� She winked at Ash good-naturedly. She then extended her right hand to Kagome. �I�m Amanda Hunter.�

Kagome had to look up at the pregnant woman. She nervously stuck her hand out also, which the woman shook then let go of. Kagome�s smile was more, a tightening of her lips then anything. �Kagome.�

The second person she sighted was a tall dark haired man. He carried the same kind of aura as the man that had saved her, her first night being in New Orleans. He was a hunter. Not in the same league as Ash by any means, but still dangerous nonetheless.

The man was staring at her, in what seemed to be fascination. Kagome fidgeted. That seemed to snap the man out of it quickly enough. Though he did not come any closer, he still introduced himself with a polite nod of his head, �Kyrian.�

Kagome gave a half-smile and a nod of her head in return. If that is what one could call the slight twitching of her lips and minuscule movement of her head.

Ash just now noticed Kagome had avoided looking at Marissa. What was that about? Did she not like children?

Marissa took a couple steps forward, the look on her face a lot like her fathers had been, only there were elements of wonderment there also. With a deep breath, Kagome finally looked at the child.

The third person, the one that had made her dread even entering the room, was a little girl, five years old maybe, with dark blond hair. A good mixture of her parents shone through to any person willing to take notice.

She would not let the little girl�s presence bother her. She could be strong . . . . Gods she really was pathetic.

Kagome smiled at Marissa. Not a forced smile like the ones she had given to Amanda and Kyrian, but a real smile, tentative though it was. But that�s not what caught and held Ash�s attention, what really hit Ash all the way to his core was the longing look in her eyes, the one that had been there for just the briefest of moments, before she had shrouded the emotions so deeply, the color of her eyes actually changed, they became lighter.

Marissa was the one to break the silence. �Wow, you�re very sparkly,� she turned to her father then. �Isn�t she pretty daddy? She�s all bright and shiny! Not like others, she has a lot not a little. Can I be like that when I get older?�

Kagome�s eyebrows shot up in surprise. �What is the little girl talking . . . Oh.� Her lips parted slightly, her breath escaping in a silent whoosh. She blinked heavily, clearing the shock from her face, before looking at the other adults in the room, trying to discern if they knew what the little girl was talking about.

Ash wore a blank look, but his eyes gleamed with contemplations. Kyrian had gone slightly pale. Amanda, well she giggled a little nervously before speaking. �Not in front of company honey. Remember what mommy told you?�

Marissa pouted a little, but still nodded her head in agreement just the same. A heavy awkward silence hung in the air. Kagome fidgeted once again, before at long last speaking. �Maybe I should go?�

Amanda opened her mouth to speak to the raven-haired girl, hoping to ease some of her discomforts, but before she could, Acheron spoke to her first. �No.�

He could feel the tingling in the back of his neck that told him there were Daimons close. Were they just in the area by chance, searching for their next victims? Or had they actively sought out the woman with him? Didn�t matter either way, he still needed to deal with them. Would they actually put up a decent fight this time, probably not, things just were not the same now a days.

�There�s something I need to take care of.� He gave Kagome one of those looks that said he expected her to listen. �I want you to stay here, with Amanda,� he headed for the door.

Kagome opened her mouth to protest his order, but he had already exited the room. She huffed quietly instead. Was it just her or did he boss everyone around?

Kyrian spoke, �don�t take it personal. He bosses everyone around when he feels there�s good reason.�

Kagome�s strained smile became a little shakier. She had been told on several occasions that her thoughts and emotions where both very easily readable, but it seemed as if the man had just plucked the thought right out of her head. Now that was a scary thought in of itself. Sometimes her thoughts were not fit for the public populace.

Kyrian bent his large frame slightly, to whisper something in his wives ear, before he too quit the room, heading in the same direction Ash had walked only moments before. Amanda cleared her throat before speaking. �They�ll be back in a bit. Would you like something to drink?�

The Hunters had an extremely large modern kitchen. The appliances were stainless steel, the counter tops marble, and the walls a very dark green color.

Once Kagome sat down at the kitchen table, the little girl Marissa climbed up onto one of the chairs right next to her. She was still sending Kagome looks filled with curiosity and wonderment, but at least the child had stopped staring at her openly.

Amanda poured some orange juice for Marissa. The pore woman sitting at her table looked so uncomfortable, it made her feel bad. �What would you like to drink? We have juice, milk, coffee, soda, and raspberry tea.�

�Raspberry tea please.�

�Sure thing.� Amanda puttered around the kitchen silently grabbing the things she would need to make the tea, and putting the water on to boil. She was also trying to think of ways to get the little woman at her table to loosen up and relax some, though she could not blame her for being tense. She would be too; if Ash had just dumped her with people she did not even know. There was no help for it though, he had a job to do, and that would always come first. It had to be that way, if the human race was to continue on living.

Poor Ash... At least he liked his job...

***

Ash really hated his job sometimes, like right now for instance. He had come outside, only to find some of the most pathetic Daimons in existence. He had been standing right here, out in the open for all to see, for more then two minutes, and they still had not taken notice of him yet. How utterly sad, he had much better things he could be doing with his time.

They were huddled together, like some reject football team, and they were not even being quite about their plans to, �get the girl.�

�NO, NO! That wont work,� one of the taller ones spoke up.

�Why not?�

Gods! Was that one actually pouting? How much lower could they possibly get? It was time to put an end to this mockery. �Me,� Ash stepped forward, throwing a dagger at the one that had been pouting, nailing him right in the hart, disintegrating him instantly.

The others sprang apart, turning to face him. He rolled his eyes at their uniformed actions.

�Who the hell are you?� well that explained their stupidity, now didn�t it. They were new to being Daimon. They had to be, in order to have not recognized him.

�That�s a Dark Hunter you fool!�

Ash heard one of them whisper to the one that had just spoken. Kyrian must have heard the comment also, because he was chuckling when he stepped up to Acherons side. They had no idea just who they were dealing with. Ash was not just any Dark Hunter, he was the Dark Hunter.

Ash�s voice was bored, �would you really like me to introduce myself? I might even be persuaded to throw in some cliché line like, �I�m your worst enemy.� But to tell you the truth, I�d really much rather kick the shit out of you and be done with it.�

Kyrian snorted loudly in amusement.

The Daimons charged them.
A/N: Hey everyone, I just thought I would let you all know, this is your Christmas gift from me. I�m a little bummed at the moment, and thought if I got some good reviews, that might cheer me up some. My husband, whom I have been with since I was sixteen (almost ten years now) had surgery today on one of his lungs and will be in the hospital for a while. He�s doing ok right now, but the whole thing has been stressful as all hell.
Anyway, much love and peace you all.

~SFP~
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